This disclosure relates to systems and methods for managing communication application availability based, at least in part, on a user's willingness or unwillingness to communicate with another user. In one instance, the availability may apply to all the communication applications associated with a device using a single interface. In another instance, the availability may be communication applications specific, in that a user may specify one communication application as available and another communication as unavailable from a single interface. The availability information may be provided to other users who may elect to use an available communication application that is more likely to get a faster response than when using an unavailable communication. In another instance, the user may manage communication application availability based on the time and location of the user device.
